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Noun: kilometre  ki'ló-mi-tu(r) or 'ki-lu,mee-tu(r)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: kilometer)
  1. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
    "We drove 500 kilometres to reach the coast";
    - kilometer [US], km, klick [informal]

Derived forms: kilometres

Type of: metric linear unit

Part of: mym [archaic], myriameter [US], myriametre [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Kilometre